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Different works have recently found an increase of the average X-ray-to-radio luminosity ratio with redshift in the blazar population. We evaluate here whether the inverse Compton interaction between the relativistic electrons within the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-30 L. Ighina , A. Caccianiga , A. Moretti , S. Belladitta , R. Della Ceca , A. Diana

We investigate the effect of orbital decay caused by nuclear expansion of a (sub)giant star in synchronous binary system. We compare this effect with the presence of a magnetic stellar wind and show that the additional transfer of orbital…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. M. Tauris

Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs) are transient X-ray sources likely to be in the final evolutionary phases of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). In this work, we have investigated the torque and X-ray luminosity variations of five…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Fatmanur Ertugrul , Ali Arda Gencali , Unal Ertan , Ndiogou Niang

X-ray binaries (XRBs) are thought to regulate cosmic thermal and ionization histories during the Epoch of Reionization and Cosmic Dawn ($z\sim 5-30$).Theoretical predictions of the X-ray emission from XRBs are important for modelling such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-10 Boyuan Liu , Nina S. Sartorio , Robert G. Izzard , Anastasia Fialkov

The evolution of neutron star (NS) magnetic field (B-field) has long been an important topic, which is still not yet settled down. Here, we analyze the NS B-fields inferred by the cyclotron resonance scattering features (CRSFs) for the high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-15 Chang-Qing Ye , De-Hua Wang , Cheng-Min Zhang , Zhen-Qi Diao

The coupled evolution of pulsar rotation and inclination angle in the wind braking model is calculated. The oblique pulsar tends to align. The pulsar alignment will affect its spin-down behavior. As a pulsar evolves from the magneto-dipole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-15 H. Tong , F. F. Kou

In a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) a massive star interacts with a neutron-star or black-hole companion in various ways. The gravitational interaction enables the measurement of fundamental parameters such as the mass of both binary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Kaper , A. van der Meer

The $Fermi$-LAT has revealed that rotation powered millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are a major contributor to the Galactic $\gamma$-ray source population. Such pulsars may also be important in modeling the quiescent state of several low mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 J. Takata , K. S. Cheng , R. E. Taam

The evolution of neutron stars in close binary systems with a low-mass companion is considered assuming the magnetic field to be confined within the solid crust. We adopt the standard scenario of the evolution in a close binary system in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. Urpin , U. Geppert , D. Konenkov

We test models for the evolution of neutron star (NS) magnetic fields (B). Our model for the evolution of the NS spin is taken from an analysis of pulsar timing noise presented by Hobbs et al. (2010). We first test the standard model of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-12 Shuang-Nan Zhang , Yi Xie

It is argued that irradiation in low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) caused by accretion-generated X-rays can not only change the optical appearance of LMXBs but also their outburst properties and possibly also their long-term evolution.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 H. Ritter

Recent observations of FRB 20220529 reveal significant variation and a partial reversal in its rotation measure (RM), suggesting the presence of a dynamically evolving magnetized environment, which could be caused by the orbital motion of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-07 Ze-Xin Du , Yun-Wei Yu , Aming Chen , Chen-Hui Niu , Jia-Heng Zhang

Be/X-ray binaries comprise roughly two-thirds of the high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs), which is a class of X-ray binaries that results from the high mass of the companion or donor star (> 10 solar masses). Currently the formation and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Kiel , J. R. Hurley , J. R. Murray , K. Hayasaki

Millisecond pulsars are believed to descend from low mass x-ray binaries. Observable parameters of binary millisecond pulsars e.g. mass of the pulsar, mass of the companion, spin period of the pulsar, orbital period, orbital eccentricity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Manjari Bagchi

Millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries are unique laboratories for studying matter and radiation under extreme conditions that are unattainable on Earth. Recent detections of optical millisecond pulsations from three systems in distinct…

It is commonly assumed that high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) populations are little-affected by metallicity. However, the massive stars making up their progenitor systems depend on metallicity in a number of ways, not least through their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. M. Dray

A low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) contains either a neutron star or a black hole accreting materials from its low mass companion star. It is one of the primary astrophysical sources for studying the stellar size compact objects and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Yi Chou

To determine the parameters (masses, orbital period) of a binary, one requires among others the inclination, which is best determined from a visual orbit. The next generation of interferometers can provide visual orbits for a large number…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frank Verbunt

Millisecond magnetars are often invoked as the central engine of some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), specifically the ones showing a plateau phase. We argue that an apparent plateau phase may not be realized if the magnetic field of the nascent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 Sercan Çıkıntoğlu , Sinem Sasmaz Mus , K. Yavuz Ekşi

In this paper we investigated the long-term evolution of the pulse-period in the high-mass X-ray binary LMC X-4 by taking advantage of more than 43~yrs of measurements in the X-ray domain. Our analysis revealed for the first time that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-15 S. Molkov , A. Lutovinov , M. Falanga , S. Tsygankov , E. Bozzo